The Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002

[F1 Time when interview is to take place E+W+S

5.— (1) Where the claimant is not a lone parent entitled to income support who falls within paragraph 1 (lone parents) of Schedule 1B (prescribed categories of person) to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, an officer shall arrange for an interview to take place as soon as reasonably practicable after—

(a) the expiry of eight weeks after the date the claim for a specified benefit, other than a relevant benefit, is made;

(b) the claim for a relevant benefit is made;

(c) the requirement under regulation 4(2) arises;

(d) in a case where regulation 7(1) applies, the time when that requirement is to apply by virtue of regulation 7(2); or

(e) the requirement to take part in a relevant interview arises, in a case where the requirement to take part in an interview arises because the youngest child a lone parent is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, has attained the age of one.

(2) Where the claimant is a lone parent entitled to income support who falls within paragraph 1 of Schedule 1B to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, an officer shall arrange for an interview to take place as soon as reasonably practicable after—

(a) the requirement to take part in a relevant interview arises, in a case where the requirement to take part in an interview arises because the youngest child a lone parent is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, has attained the age of one;

(b) in any other case—

(i) where regulations 4ZA(2) (first interview) and 4A(1) apply, the expiry of 13 weeks beginning on the date on which the requirement to attend an interview arises;

(ii) where regulation 4ZA(2) (first interview) applies but regulation 4A(1) does not apply, the expiry of 6 months beginning on the date on which the requirement to attend an interview arises;

(iii) where either regulation 4ZA(3) or regulation 4A(2) (subsequent interviews) applies, the requirement to attend an interview arises; or

(iv) in a case where regulation 7(1) applies, the time when that requirement is to apply by virtue of regulation 7(2).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 5 substituted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents and Partners) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2428), regs. 1, 3(7)